India prepping 3G license auction
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Aug 4th 2008 at 4:42AM
The inevitable march of 3G services across the globe just took another giant step forward, with India -- undeniably one of the world's largest mobile markets, and growing by the second -- committing to an auction for 3G spectrum in the next few months. The exact date hasn't been set, but participants can expect to shell out a bare minimum of 20 billion rupees (about $477 million) for the pleasure of partaking in a nationwide license. So yeah, sorry, HTC, looks like you're going to have to eventually come up with a better excuse to launch a 3G-free superphone in that part of the world, assuming these licenses materialize into actual networks down the road.
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Nikhil @ Aug 4th 2008 9:04AM
I have a feeling this is all in preparation for the most-hyped 3g phone of the year. The I will launch sometime in September so expect an announcement for 3G spectrum near that date.
ReVan @ Aug 4th 2008 3:21PM
... that super phone is Samsung INNOV8 and may be Nokia N96 during the next quarter.